Building a radio with M2K and spare parts

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The talk shows a working SDR built from an ADALM2000 plus off‑the‑shelf parts: an ADALM2000 (M2K) 12‑bit 100 MSPS ADC, 150 MSPS DAC, 2ch and 16 GPIOs drives an ADF4351 PLL via SPI over libm2k and an 8083/831 mixer to create a zero‑IF IF chain. Code uses libm2k, Scopy and a GNU Radio block; parts come from eBay/Amazon and are cheap. FM demodulation plays in the demo though HDMI routing mutes the room audio; booth demo confirms it works.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:28Analog Devices Active Learning Program
3. 1:17M2K
4. 2:16Specs
5. 3:23Analog signal chain
6. 4:23Scopy
7. 4:53M2K CLI
8. 5:25M2K Library
9. 6:29Radio Architecture
10. 7:15How to build a radio
11. 9:03What is M2K
12. 10:29Analog Input
13. 11:32Trigger
14. 13:02DAC
15. 13:37DMM
16. 14:29Digital interface
17. 15:08Spy interface
18. 15:59Driver repository
19. 17:02ADF4351 sync
20. 19:49How it fits together
21. 20:12Python script
22. 20:44Demo
23. 21:39Conclusion and future plans

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